Chapter Six The first time she met, actually met Daniel Crowe, he spanked her. She had seen him a dozen times before in town, and always the handsome fellow filled her with lustful thoughts. On those occasions she never would have believed how the passionate relationship between them would begin. Rather than opening with a polite hello, or a proper introduction, it started with an argument that became a fight that evolved into an incident neither one would forget. She was in a hurry that day, moving briskly from the small lending library to the store with a load of books in her arms, her head down against the cold chill of wintry air. It had rained all morning and the sidewalks and streets were wet, which made it important to concentrate on what she was doing. Although the wind was stro